Looper



GEORGE-VL, PRcE, or C'LiFToN sPnrNcs, NEW YoRK. Leners Param: No. 86,445, dem Fama/ry 2, 1869.

IMPROVED CARPET-RAG LOOPER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the 'sama Be it known that I, GEORGE L. PRICE, or" Clifton Springs, in the county'7 of Ontario, and State of New York, have inventedv a new and useful arrangement .for attaching together .the ends of carpet-rags, called Pri'ccs Carpet-Rag Looper, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part otthis specification, in which-,-`

Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure 2 isa perspective View rof the blade detached.

Figure 3, a perspective view of the punch or looper detached.

Each part of' thear'rangernent-is hereby referred to by letters.

a r Ipresents the lap-board in g. l.

b represents the position in which the blade, lig. 2, is set into the lap-board a.

c represents the position in which the punch or looper, lig. 3, is set into the lap-board a.

d represents the claw at the end of the punch or looper in tig. 3. p

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to. describe its construction and operation.

I use for the lap-board c, a board sixteen inches longr and tive iiches Wide. (It may b e made any desired size. u

I i/nsert into the lapboard a, half Way from either end, and near the opposite side; the blade b in an upright position. The blade should be sharp at the pointl and riglitfhand edge.

I also insert into the lap-board a, the punch or looper c, near the edge of the lap-hoarda, and opposite the blade b. The punch or looper c is constructed of round iron or steel, of the size of No. l0 wire, or it may be made of wood, but it would not b'e as effectual as if made of iron or steel.. It is constructed with a claw the lefthand end of the rag held in the right hand upon the right-hand end of the rag. held in the left hand,

and then place the rags Where lapped upon the point of the blade, pressing down, cutting. the loop-holesv .lengthwise of the rags. Ihen hold .the rags where lapped with the left hand, and with the right hand place the right-hand end of the ragupon the punch or looper, Then 'place the loop-holes over the end of the rag on the punch or looper, and press downward, at the same time thrusting the end of the rag up through the loop-holes, then drawing the rag through the loop-holes forms the loop, and attaches the ends of the rags together.

The device, thus constructcd,fo1ms a very convenient and useful arrangement for attaching the' ends of rags in preparing them for rag-carpet. It saves using thread. It saves a large portion of the time usually required in sewing rags, and leaves the rags in much better shape to weave into carpet, as there is no short endsof rags to stick up,.as there usually is Where the rags are sewed together.

What I claim 'asI my inventionfand wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-` rIhe combined construction and arrangement ofthe blade b, set in an upright position in the lap-'board a, in connection with the punch or looper c, with its claw d, the Whole-operatin g substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

GEORGE L. PRICE. Witnesses:

HoMER W. OASE, JOHN W. BUSH. 

